Show I TALKiNG Of Chicago Doc Doe 3 Representatives I Io of o approximately conductors and trainmen employed on tho the sixty I railroads west of ot Chicago who have hare ha vo demanded an Increase In wages aver Mor averaging averagIng aging about nb ut 15 per ver cent ire are holding I conferences here with tho the gen general general eral emal managers malingers in presenting their ar arguments arI arguments I for or the tho lie advance in hi pay and Improvements in working conditions It Is estimated that the new scales by the men mell will exceed In iii amount those asked by lJ the tho engineers engineer recently which aggregated nearly 55 5 The Tire arc nrc represented by hy 85 grand chairmen chaIrman of ot the tin I tion ton on different roads two from each road in th i case of the larger systems terns and by br A B n president president president dent of the Railroad Conductors and ancl W v G Lee grand master maIter of ot tho the Broth Brotherhood Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Returns of tho thio strike vote voto being taken on the western roads road by tho the brotherhood of o Locomotive Engineers since silica the breaking off ocr of oC negotiations ns with the tho the managers several weeks wee s ago a o onre are being sent from rom the tire various roads to tho the headquarters of or tho the organization tion in itt Cleveland and will bo ho assem assembled bled bed and counted In a meeting In Chicago on December 10 It II Is IB reported that the tho engineers of or several of o the tho big western railroads have already completed their votes showing 99 91 per cent cont In favor of or a astrike astrike astrike strike unless their demands for or a nr fifteen fifteen teen per cent cont advance are granted The railroads offered an advance of ot about 9 per Iper cent |